Lenovo

Lenovo is electronics hardware manufacturer with headquarters in Beijing and North Carolina. It originated in 1984, when a few members of Chinese Academy of Sciences decided to import TV sets into then still heavily communist country. This project was unsuccessful, unlike their first product – circuit board addon for imported IBM PCs, to allow them work with Chinese language. Company’s smartphones, also known under brands LePhone and IdeaPhone, were selling like hot cakes in China because of their low-price tag and reliable Android operating systems. 2013 was a breakthrough year for this department of company, with its devices becoming available in Nigeria, Kazakhstan and other emerging markets with large populations. 2014 was year to climb even higher, with products appearing in most developed countries, including United Kingdom. This increased already good revenue and allowed them to purchase remains of Motorola’s mobile business from Google for nearly three billion dollars. Lenovo is a pioneer of augmented reality devices, with their first Tango phone being developed and released in 2016.